Routeburn Day Trip
Just a quick day trip up the Routeburn. Good day out, bit of effort getting up there but all good. Check out the video post for this trip!
Jo Haines
14 June 2012
Region: Queenstown
Middle Peak 1840m via hi-traverse or heli, Harris Mountains
Middle Peak is the good looking basin just north of Cardrona ski resort. With a good south-east exposure holds snow in good condition never the less the relatively low altitude. Two way to get there: The first is an awesome traverse from the top of Cardrona ski resort: first up
Jo Haines
31 May 2012
Cardrona Back Bowls and down to Golspie Valley Floor
The winter of 2011 was an unusual season with low snow levels and better quality snow at the lower elevations. Cardrona back bowls are a favourite because of their ease of access. The Cardrona carpark is one of the higher elevated carparks and the skinning up to the summit of
Jo Haines
22 April 2012
Hector and Garvie range ski randonee
I have had an eye on trying to ski this area for a while. We once tried to ski the Hector Range (which joins the Remarkable Range) from the northern end near Duffer Saddle. We were aiming for Ben Nevis. However due to frost lifting on the road we only
JMR
5 September 2011
Crown Peak to Crown Terraces
A cool shorter back country ski tour for when there is a good amount of snow down at lower elevations. We skied this on the 19th August and remarkable had good dry powder skiing right to the road. Only the tops were a little wind scoured and icy. Heres a
JMR
24 August 2011
Traverse of the Crown Range
The traverse of the Crown Range is a good day touring where the objective is to complete the traverse and unless very fit there is not a lot of time for runs off the ridge – good as they appear to be. It is a good trip to do when
Jo Haines
28 July 2011